White Dwarfs: Cosmological and Galactic Probes

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sion, Edward M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Vennes, Stéphane (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Shipman, Harry L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Σειρά: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 332
• Θέματα: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

The emphasis on white dwarf stars and cosmology arises from the most recent advances in cosmological and galactic structure research in which white dwarf stars are playing a very prominent role. Examples are Type Ia supernovae (i.e. white dwarf supernovae), the origin and evolution of the universe,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Halo White Dwarfs and Galactic Structure
• Old Ultracool White Dwarfs as Cosmological Probes
• Number Counts of White Dwarfs: The Impact of GAIA
• Influence of Metallicity in the Determination of the Age of Halo White Dwarfs
• Cool Halo White Dwarfs from GSCII
• Dark Halo Baryons not in Ancient White Dwarfs?
• The White Dwarf Population in the 2QZ and Sloan Surveys
• White Dwarfs and Cataclysmic Variables in the FBS
• Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of White Dwarfs in Globular Clusters
• The Core/Envelope Symmetry in Pulsating White Dwarf Stars
• A Search for Variability in Cool White Dwarf Stars
• Study of the Galactic Bulge Using New Planetary Nebulae Discovered on the AAO/UKST H? Survey
• Type Ia Supernovae
• Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology
• The Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae
• Surveys for Double Degenerate Progenitors of Supernovae Type Ia
• Population Synthesis for Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae
• How Far Can We Trust Type Ia Supernovae as Standard Candles?
• Kirshner on White Dwarfs, Supernovae, and Cosmology
• Cataclysmic Variables and White Dwarf Accretion
• Accretion in Cataclysmic Variable Stars
• White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables: Probes of Accretion History
• Intermediate Polars in Low States
• Chemical Abundances of White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables
• AM CVn Stars in the UCT CCD CV Survey
• Photometric Observations of Cataclysmic Variables with the 1.5-m Telescope at the TÜBITAK National Observatory (TUG): V2275 Cyg, RW UMi, PX And and FO Per
• The Possible Identification of Two Hibernating Novae
• Evidence for Large Superhumps in TX Col and V4742 Sgr
• Concluding Remarks
• Understanding the Ultimate Fate of the Universe.